David Burns Courses

Beekeeping: Critical Thinking in the Bee Yard - The Skill No One Teaches You

Discover how to develop essential critical thinking skills for successful beekeeping, a crucial aspect often overlooked in traditional training for new beekeepers.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping: How to Inspect Your Bees After Winter - Step-by-Step Walkthrough

Discover a step-by-step walkthrough for inspecting your beehive after winter, with frame-by-frame guidance that takes the guesswork out of spring beekeeping inspections.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping: Amazing Superpower of Using a Follower Board

Discover how to effectively use a follower board in beekeeping, a powerful tool that can significantly improve hive management and bee health.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping: How to Deal with a Hive with Laying Workers

Learn how to effectively manage a beehive with laying workers, including practical solutions and answers to common beekeeping challenges in this informative tutorial.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping Tips For May

Discover essential May beekeeping practices to avoid critical mistakes that could lead to future hive disasters. Learn proper management techniques during this crucial month for successful beekeeping.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping: This Way of Making a Split Works So Well

Discover an effective method for making beekeeping splits in spring with expert guidance on this proven technique that helps expand your honey bee colonies successfully.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping Expansion Secret: From Small Nuc to Powerhouse Hive

Discover a powerful technique to rapidly expand a 5-frame beehive into a full 20-frame colony, with step-by-step guidance on giving bees exactly what they need for explosive growth and stronger honey production.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Queens

Discover the crucial role of queen bees in successful beekeeping. Learn about common hive failures, queen behavior, and essential management techniques to improve your beekeeping skills.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping - 4 Crucial Times to Change Your Hive Entrance

Master the critical timing for adjusting hive entrance reducers and tackle complex beekeeping challenges with expert guidance from experienced mentor David Burns.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping - Learn to Read Every Frame Like a Pro

Master frame reading techniques to identify queen cells, brood patterns, and hive health indicators like an experienced beekeeper in this hands-on apiary inspection.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping - Will a Queen Go Back in If You Drop a Frame?

Discover what happens when you accidentally drop a frame with the queen and learn essential recovery techniques for this common beekeeping mistake.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping - How to Remove Honey Bees from a House

Discover safe techniques for relocating honey bee colonies that have established hives inside home walls, protecting both bees and property during removal.

• YouTube
• 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping - Should You Panic If You See Dead Bees In Front Of Your Hive?

Discover why dead bees in front of your hive might not be cause for panic and learn essential beekeeping troubleshooting techniques from an experienced mentor.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping - What Your Hive Tells You Before You Open The Top

Discover essential pre-inspection techniques to assess hive health and detect queen issues before opening your beehive, plus learn when to buy queens versus letting bees raise their own.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beekeeping - How to Save a Hive on the Brink of Failure

Discover how to diagnose and rescue failing bee colonies with no capped brood, unfertilized eggs, and queen issues before complete collapse occurs.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video